Heh I made a pair of shoes a lot like those back in Junior high out of those off brand high tops they used to sell at walmart -

I decapouged some checker print onto the sides and made the tongues red plaid and gave em some crazy laces and stuff - it was pretty rad but since they;re like 6 years old or something the white on the checkers is nearly brown now and some mice chewed on part of one of em. heh